With Bamboo you can use the natural node wall as the plug which means you must sand down the exterior into a flat enough surface without sanding through. Each...
First of all "THANK YOU" to everyone for the wonderful comments on the butternut. Once agian this flute belongs to the club. Jonjb I second Leonard's comments...
Ok, this may sound stupid, but does different woods have different sound quilities. I have made flutes from four or five different kinds of wood and they each...
In a world of variables, wood types DO make a difference...Very dense woods are heavy enough to bounce soundwaves more efficiently AND the TSH can be carved to...
I recently ran across a tidbit that implys wood color of woods like osage, purpleheart, padauk, etc. can be stabilized with Armor All. Has anyone ever heard of...
Hello everyone. Just want to throw in my thanks to this club. Having been a self taught flute maker for ten years or so, This site has been a blessing. Anybody...
As a former bird carver, I used the thin Super Glue to strengthen the beaks of birds and the nails of the bills of ducks to make them strong. It seemed to ...
Sunlight/UV is hard on most organic dyes, including wood colors. But it will further darken wood (for a time) that has been treated with certain chemical ...
On second (and third) thought, this stuff claims to be water based. Maybe application of this or another water based sun screen before final finish would work....
hello my name is joe, im 39 and live in ohio, i've been making and playing the flute for about ten years now, i have alway heard the flute music in my head...
I've been making flutes for about 10 years using mostly eastern cedar and pvc. I recently found a source for a thick walled bamboo with long nodes that makes ...
Beautiful work. You know that when you post something that nice you're going to get questions, so here they come. Do you use acrylic paint when painting the ...
FYI - <br>The automotive industry is very reluctant to allow ANY silicone based product (if that's what is in Armor All....) even into an assembly plant as it...
Keep checking here for answers to your heat treat question. There ARE answers and techniques in the 4000+ posts here but, I'm sorry, I can't point you in the ...
Thanks, I can see why. But I'm not sure this stuff is silicone. Preliminary test indicates that poly glue peels right off bare wood treated with it. Other ...
I guess it is time to take the plunge and try a drone. I have just one question for all of you pros out there. The wall in the middle (shared wall) is it the ...
I've treated the bamboo I've used with a heat gun. Usually, the higher (1000 degrees, F) setting is enough to make the oils rise to the surface. I'm not sure...
For people with a lot of patience, I've read of bamboo being cured by exposure to the sun. I've also seen reference to treatment with hot coals. As for the ...
At a recent local Pow Wow I had a gentleman who asked me to make him a matched set of flutes in a light colored wood. One in the key of 'F' and the other in...
Part 1.<br>Your choice, but I like the look of having the shared wall the same thickness as the outside walls. Also, your choice on how you tune it. ...
Notes: (Facing the router table) ALWAYS feed the work piece from RIGHT TO LEFT; plunge routing does NOT mean that you feed the other way. Make multiple passes ...
Thanks for your kind words, actually this particular flute has the head and feather detail burned in and then my wife thins down the acrylic to an almost ...
Several things. A Puerto Rican friend of mine says to only use bamboo cut during a NEW moon. That is when the sky is black...no moon....14 days after a full...
I don't pooh-pooh this method anymore. I have also figured out a way to taper the bore of both bores but I'll save that for Easter weekend at the flute ...
Thanks to all who responded to my question about heat treating bamboo. I will try some of your suggestions on green bamboo. I have had my problems with dead ...
I met a man named Greg White Hunt who builds bamboo flutes of just about every style. He grows his own bamboo and will sell bamboo shoots if you want to start...
As i've stated before, I only harvest standing dead ( brown) bamboo. I do not heat treat, nor cure in any way other than letting sit for a few weeks. I finish...
Once again Don you have saved me again, a lot of work and perhaps a finger or two. As reference to the perfectionist comment, I hear that from my wife all of...
